Monthly Archives: June 2008

Cerrado por Vacaciones

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I go on summer holidays. So during the next weeks posts might be more infrequent. See you soon  

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Wireless Energy Transmission for my Laptop

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

When will my laptop be totally wireless, even to recharge the battery? The future might be sooner than we thought, and Nanotechnology will be part of it. There are many types of Wireless Energy Transmission although none of them have … Continue reading →

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Nokia to Get Full Control of Symbian

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia announced today a bid to acquire 100% of Symbian. Nokia already owns 48% of the shares, and would purchase the remaining shares for 264 million euro, from their current Symbian partners Sony Ericsson, Telefonaktiebolaget, LM Ericsson, Panasonic Mobile Communications, … Continue reading →

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Nokia Still Don’t Get it

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

 ”It is the usability, stupid.” In essence, Nokia keeps developing mobile phones, when younger generations do not care about a phone but about communications in an ample sense (IM, Facebook, web, etc) and multimedia (music, music , music, clips and … Continue reading →

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It Is Time for Renewable Energy

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The high prices of oil in the seventies stimulated the research for alternative sources of energy. Nuclear power plants emerged as a very cost-effective energy source, though always controversial. Windmills and solar plants were in their infancy and too inefficient, … Continue reading →

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The Nanotechnology Revolution Is Coming

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nanotechnology aims a the fabrication of a wider range of materials with atomic precision. Advances in nanotechnology will have a huge impact in solving some of the challenges of today, such as global warming, sustainable energy, new cures for diseases, … Continue reading →

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The First Step for Mobile TV is Free-To-Air

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet and Software companies know it well: mass adoption comes first, revenues will come later. It is what Chris Anderson calls Freeconomics. When the marginal cost of every new subscriber is close to zero, free is the way to go: … Continue reading →

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Google Gears: The Browser Is the OS

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google Gears lets web applications store data locally in the browser, making those applications available even when off-line. Almost a key requirement for people afraid to switch to Google Docs fearing they would be stuck to work on documents when … Continue reading →

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Coolness Vs. Openness

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mac, coolness: the choice of the artist and the MBA. Style, simplicity, less features but works flawlessly, usability on the top, identify with brand, price premium. The right brain decides. Ubuntu, openness: the choice of the engineer and the geek. … Continue reading →

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Femtocells and iPhone 3G

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

At $199 and with mandatory flat data rates, millions of iPhones 3G will soon boost the data traffic of UMTS networks. Om Malik wonders whether AT&T UMTS network will be up to the task, specially as the interest on video … Continue reading →

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